Imitation stained glass



(No Model.)

} E. E. OUDIN. IMITATION ST'AINBD GLASS. v No. 279,423. Patented June 12,1883.

WITNESSES INVENTOR M v a CS 6 (h6g 4 v V i W W a a 7 I BY ATTORNEYS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE E. ()UIHN, Ol Nl'lhY YORK, X. Y.

lMlTATlON STAINED etAs s.

I l SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 279,423. dated June 12, 1883.

To all whom 136 may concern Be it known that I, .Ifiucrzxrxlfi. ()vmx, oi the city, county, and State ot'New York, have inventeda new an d uset'ul Improvement in .lImitatiOn Stained Glass, of which the follow 'ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference isto be had to the aceon'qnmying drawings, forming partot'thisspecification, in which similar letters of re i'erence indicate cor responding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view oi a plate of my imitation stained glass, shown as .in process of manufacture, and part being broken away to show the design. Fig. 2 is asectiou ot'thc same. Fi 3 is asection of the same, shown as provided with a protectitie-plate of glass.

The object. of. this invention is to provide a substitute for stained glass which will be comparatively inexpensive in manufiteture.

The ii'lveution consists in imitation stained glass made with a glass plate having imitation leads applied to one side, and the surface of the glass between the said imitation leads coated with transparent colored varnish or lacquer. .lhei mitati 'm leads and the varnish pr lacquer may be covered by a second glass plate of the same shape and size as the. lirst plat e, whereby the said imitation leads and the varnish or lacquer will beproteeted from the weather, as will be ht'a'einal'ter fully described.

Heretot'ore stained glass has ordinarily been made by placing pieces of stained glass of the desired colors and shapes in a frame in which 7 they havebeen lcaded toget her, as it is cal led, and thus held in position, and by reason of the dil'ticulty in producing; stained gii iss of the desired colors and shapes, and also of the dil'liculty in thsteuing; the pieces of glass in position, ,the plates ol" glass thus made have been very expensive.

By my invention I. am able to prepare at a comparative] y small ex' icnse glass plates having; the appearance and producing the ett'ects of ordina y stained glass by lorming upon plates of plaiit g'lass an imitation of the colors of stained glass, and also of the leads by which the pieces of stained glass are usually held in position.

material any design .which i wish to embody Application filed November 3, 181 2. (No model.)

in the glass plates, which design represents the leads of ordinary stained glass plates.

'l then place upon the design a plate, It, of

plain glass, and pour upon or otherwise apply to the surliiee ol' the glass along and directly over the linesol'thc design, 'l'rom a suitable vessel or instrlunent, a small streamot a melted mixture, colored to represent the leads of an ordinary stained glass plate. 'lhis mixture, when poured upon the surtace ot' the glass, quickly coolsand hardi-ns, and prot'luecs upon the glass at represent:ition ot'the design resembling the leads of a stained glass plate from which the pieces of stained glass have been removed. The mixture which I have found best adapted for this purpose is coniposed of flirty-live parts of cement, flirty-live parts ot'sealing-wax, and ten parts of beeswax, together with a small quantity ol'stearic acid. 'lhcse ingredients and a suitable. quantity of coloring-matter to give the desired color to the mixture,- are melted in a vessel or instrunnmt ot' suitable l'orm to allow the melted mixture to bcslowl y and rce'ularl y poured ordischargml th'eret'rom. Various other mixt lures can be used for this purpose; but care should be taken to use a mixture thatavill be ati'eeted as little as n-actieableby the ordinary changes of the weather. Alter the mixture has become sutiieiimtly hard, I then pouror tlow upon the surface of the glass plate I and between the lines (E of imitation leads, transparent varnishes or lacquers, otthecolors which I desire to have in the completed plates, so as to produce such a combination of colors as is seen in an ordinary stained glass plate. \Vith this (amstruetion the imitation leads (1 prevent the varnishesorhwqueisot'thc dificrrntcolors from uniting with each other.

in applying the varnishes or lacquers to'the glass plate B care should be taken that the said plate is notelouded; and for this rensonI lind it. better not to apply or touch the varnishes or lacquers with a brush, but to lcavethe varnishesorlacquersiuthincoatingsorlayers,sueh as can be produced by flowing them over the surface of the glass.

Suitable colored varnishes and lacquers are found in the market, and from these and from others similarly preparm'l and colored to any desired shade thedesired colors or shades of color canbeproduccd upon the glass. Any

transparent varnish or similar substance that will not beatteeted by the weather can be used Atter the varnish has dried suificiently, if-' the glass plate. thus prepared is held toward the light, it will be found to have the appearance'ot' an ordinary stained glass plate. The imitation stained glass plates thus prepared can be set in frames, and can be placed in position with either side exposed to the outer ai r; but I prefer to arrange them with the smooth sides of the plates outward.

As an additional protection against the effect of the weather and the varying temperature of the atmosphere upon the mixture of which the lines are formed, andupon the varnishes or lacquers which are used in producing the colors, and also for the purpose-oi" obtaining; additional luster, ,i sometimes place upon the plate B of glass prepared ashereinbet'ore described a second plate, l), of glass,

lot the same shape and size-as the said first plate, and resting upon the imitation leads t' so that. the two plates may boas close together as possible. together at their edges with cement, plasteril'- )a|.-is E, or other suitable means, and the said plates can then be. inserted in a l'rame.

The (annbined datethns termed has a hard smooth surface upon both sides, and has the appearance of a plate of stained glass, and can l then fasten the two plates B l) be used for windows and the various other purposes for which stained glass'isu'sed.

I I am aware that it is not new to form opaque lines and leave transparent spaces between them on plain paper, and then on glass window lights; but

What I claim as new and of my invention ]S- 1i. Imitation stained glass formed of plain glass coated directly on .one, face with the leaded lines and intermet'liate coloring, shown and described.

2. A method of forming th'e lea'ds on imitation stained glass, which consists in first placing a glass plate upon' a pattern or design and then pouring directly over the lines of the ,pattern a melted coloring solution, as described.

3. A method of coloifing glass in manufac-- turing imitation stained glass, which consists in first forming the lead lines and then flooding the spaces between said lead lineswith transparent coloring varnish or lacquer in a fluid state, as described.

.4; Illllliltlflll stained glass formed of two and colored spaees, as shown and"describedt .l lUGl lNl-G E. ()UIH'N.

\"Vitnesses:

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